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dcba
Neil may be the useful idiot here : Pono may be more expensive and less sophisticated than the competition BUT Neil will put HD files readers on the map and that's the most important thing.
In our "Steve Jobs" era, marketing is key, alas. Products and their specs are 2ndary.
Plus let's hope Pono makes HD files trendy and will make mp3 as sexy as tooth decay among the music buyers that count (=hipsters).
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jamesfdouglas
Hook it up through a stereo with what? A 1/8" inch jack?
This alone makes this product a joke.
How can it sound that good when it doesn't have this ONE BASIC REQUIREMENT?
I am not sure what you mean. The 1/8" inch stereo jack is quite standard these days.
The fact that this is designed to be a portable device prohibits a huge array of output connector jacks. This is in line with every other portable music player that I have seen.
The 1/8" inch (3.5 m.m.) stereo jack should be fine. Maybe you need one of these ????
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Yeah, 1/8" is standard these days.
Standard, just like the 128kbps mp3 is standard these days.
Adaptors degrade sound quality and put pressure on the input jacks which can cause permanent damage in no time.
If this pono is supposedly the best sound you can get digitally, then it fails to allow the best kind of headphone possibilities, so. what's the point again??
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gotdablouse
[...] where is that link again for the blind testing done by audiophiles of SACD vs CD?
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dadrob
I can get FLACs and play them on anything....this is so 2002. Zunes mach 2
anyone silly enough to blindly believe celebs deserves what they get.
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gotdablouse
[...] where is that link again for the blind testing done by audiophiles of SACD vs CD?
"Why 24/192 Music Downloads make no sense" from xiph.org
"DSD vs. PCM" from Wikipedia
"DSD vs. High-res PCM (176.4KHz/24bit)" AES Convention Paper (originally a Master thesis at HFM Detmold in Germany)
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gotdablouse
A useful reminder that the easiest way to improve the listening experience is by using better headphones...has NY given any info about what will ship with his luxurious device?
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trainarollin
Neil means well. To me it's not an economic issue, it's an issue of it changing my life. People in general seem to have many distractions in life and sitting back and listening to music with ZERO distractions are long gone. At least to me. There will always be a phone call, something needing your attention where you have to keep hitting pause. There is little chance of the full audio experience.
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The demand for the Pono players is exceeding the expected level. If you were not one of the first 10,000 or so to reserve one,you could be waiting until December of 2014 or January of 2015.
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There are 2 or 3 other options for a high-res portable player,though. Examples are the Astell & Kern AK240 or AK120 at the high end : [www.wwstereo.com] ~
Also available (much more affordable) are the Fiio X3 and X5 : [www.fiio.com.cn] .
I would figure that the Pono tracks file service is compatible with these devices as well. That way we could / can listen to pure , un-down-sampled music on a high quality device as opposed to degraded music on cheap,disposable toys.
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treaclefingers
I'm looking forward to this, because I ripped all my cd's in lossless format and it will be excellent to be able to have all that portable.
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treaclefingers
I'm looking forward to this, because I ripped all my cd's in lossless format and it will be excellent to be able to have all that portable.
If you're after a lossless portable player, you can get a Sansa Clip player for 30€. It's very small and sound is excellent with good earphones. That's what I'm using myself.
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treaclefingers
I'm looking forward to this, because I ripped all my cd's in lossless format and it will be excellent to be able to have all that portable.
If you're after a lossless portable player, you can get a Sansa Clip player for 30€. It's very small and sound is excellent with good earphones. That's what I'm using myself.
Thanks Kowalski...so what am I missing then, by buying the Sansa Clip now, and not waiting for the Pono?